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Insider Brief Insider Brief Qualcomm Technologies agreed to acquire PickNik, the robotics software company behind the open-source MoveIt manipulation framework, with plans to integrate its motion planning, manipulation, perception and kinematics tools more closely with Qualcomm’s Dragonwing robotics platforms. MoveIt, MoveIt Pro and future PickNik technologies are expected to gain closer integration with Dragonwing’s AI

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey with party president Josh Babarinde and deputy leader Daisy Cooper at the party conference in Brighton (Alamy) 11 min read23 September Questions about the Liberal Democrats’ strategy, message and identity dominated the party’s conference in Brighton. As Lib Dem parliamentarians and activists arrived on the south coast at the weekend, they were

Tech is so sterile now—everything lives on the same shiny screens. It’s nice, then, when you find an application that exists mostly just to add a little grit to these devices. That’s how I’m interpreting Paperman, which makes everything on your computer screen look like it’s printed on paper. The application, from Finnish developers DoublOne,

Costco’s Kirkland Signature line has built a reputation for quality, and that reputation extends to its alcoholic offerings. Its offerings include a wide array of wines. “Selections are uniformly excellent across price points, regions, and categories, but Kirkland brand table wines are some of the best bottles you can get at retail, bar none,” Danielle

As it marks its 10-year anniversary, MIT Reads is being reimagined for the age of artificial intelligence.  Recognizing the need to foster social connection and a sense of our shared humanity, the popular MIT Libraries’ program will turn its focus to fiction and memoir, and to the particular power of stories to help us understand ourselves

Labour MP Liam Byrne is chair of the Business and Trade Select Committee (Alamy) 5 min read18 September Senior Labour MP Liam Byrne has warned that the UK must not repeat the mistakes it made with North Sea oil when it comes to the potential wealth generated by artificial intelligence. Byrne,

11 min read20 September Entrepreneur, papal knight and now Liberal Democrat backbencher Angus MacDonald tells Sienna Rodgers about his colourful life and why Westminster needs more business brains Angus MacDonald is described as a “rare politician” by a colleague who compares him, approvingly, to a red squirrel. Papal knight, self-described Gladstonian

Gartner reports that warehouse automation now spans four operational AI tiers as logistics operators transition from software trials to live facility deployments. In an analysis released this month, the research firm concludes that logistics infrastructure has reached a clear adoption threshold. Three pressures are driving this change across the sector. Persistent worker deficits make automated

Success in the travel industry depends on many factors that are often outside the entrepreneur’s control. With advances in technology revolutionizing the ease with which travelers can book flights and hotels on their own without an agent, travel agencies and booking platforms in particular have struggled to stay afloat amid rising operating costs and dropping

Insider Brief Insider Brief Kidz AI secured $1.9 million through its previously announced $500 million convertible-note financing facility to expand manufacturing capacity and commercial deployment of its KIDZBot physical AI educational robotics platform. The company formed Classover Robix, a subsidiary focused on embodied AI hardware, robotics partnerships and institutional distribution, while developing apps, curriculum and